Yanks and limeys : alliance warfare in the Second World War /
by Barr, Niall.
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BookPublisher: London : Jonathan Cape, 2015Description: 548 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780224079228 (hbk.) :; 0224079220 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 327.7304 BARSubject(s): World War, 1939-1945 | United States -- Military relations -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- Military relations -- United States | United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States | United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945 | Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1936-1945 | Politics and Government | Politics and GovernmentSummary: In the mid-20th century the relationship between America and Britain had a chequered past. Theirs was a history of protection and oppression, of rebellion and ultimately war. But then the shared crisis of World War Two brought Britain and America closer than ever before or since, and saw an unprecedented level of military cooperation. How was such a radical shift possible? To uncover how this historically fraught relationship recovered from its inauspicious start, Niall Barr goes back to the origins of their shared military history in the American War of Independence and shows how these early days had ramifications for the later crucial alliance.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
In the mid-20th century the relationship between America and Britain had a chequered past. Theirs was a history of protection and oppression, of rebellion and ultimately war. But then the shared crisis of World War Two brought Britain and America closer than ever before or since, and saw an unprecedented level of military cooperation. How was such a radical shift possible? To uncover how this historically fraught relationship recovered from its inauspicious start, Niall Barr goes back to the origins of their shared military history in the American War of Independence and shows how these early days had ramifications for the later crucial alliance.
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